J-Rod- I hope you get an opportunity to play everyday. You are a inspiration to all Cardinal fans here in Fort Dodge , Iowa. I love your story of how you got to the major leagues ! My brother took me to game three of the world serious and it was the most memorable experience of my life! Thanks J-Rod for the memories! God Bless and hit a bomb at the dish for me!
KJ

John dont sweat the small stuff, your talent has brought you to this level, and your desire to win will keep you there. Hopefully, the way I see it is you’ll be starting the first part of the season due to surgery rehabs in the outfield, and if given this chance I know you will make the most of it. Take care and best of luck to you.

Welcome back for another year. Was at the game on Saturday, 3/3. I could do this every year. You are an inspiration to me and especially to Ian. I’m thinking you remember him from Peoria last year and then at the Kids Crew party in September. You continually make his day. He is starting t-ball for the first time this year and is expecting to be playing with you and the team by the end of the season. I called him yesterday to tell him that you had the plays of the day and he was so excited. Your faith and commitment are encouraging. With a day like yesterday on the field, only good things are on the way this season.
God Bless and have a great season,

Hi John,
I just want to wish you best of luck at Spring Training. I enjoyed meeting you through Lisa and at Winter Warmup. You did a heck of a job last year when they had you bat before Albert! Your team spirit and love of the game always shine through. I’m looking forward to watching you play again, and perhaps see you again at Al’s with Lisa.

My son and I just got back from a visit to Spring Training! How exciting!! I certainly cannot wait until the season starts!! We are all rooting for you! Keep up the great attitude and hard work. You are a terrific role model and an awesome ball player!!

Hi John!
Thank you so much for coming over to sign your baseballs for me! I have not given the one to my neice yet, but she was THRILLED when I called her from Roger Dean to tell her that you stopped by. It was great to spend a few minutes with you. And I truly hope you can continue this blog. I know you mentioned that it might have to end because of the stupid political **** some people write, but know that us trud & loyal fans will miss it if it ends.

Hey J-rod. Im looking forward to seeing you and the Cards this season. I got to see a little bit of the spring training game on TV yesterday which made me even more excited about the upcoming season.I wish you all the best of luck, and congratulations on your engagement!

I just got back to Missouri after five days in the Jupiter/Ft Lauderdale area. I’m a big fan of yours, and I was excited to see you get a good amount of playing time. I wanted to commend you on getting into such great shape over the winter break. You looked like a new man covering range in the outfield and rounding the bases!

Here’s hoping you see much playing time this season. You certainly proved last season that you deserve the spot, and it appears you’ve done nothing but improve since then. Congratulations!

I was at a spring training game last week and you took the time to sign everyone’s autographs, which is not what all the players did. It was so nice of you. You signed one for me and I asked you if you were going to do your blog again this year and you said if you made the team. I told you I thought you would and I do believe that. You are a great player that we can count on each and every time you play. We are rooting for you, John!

Hey J-Rod,
You probably don’t remember me, but I’m Max, the batboy from the Clippers in ’04. I’m really glad to see you’ve been able to stick around in the big leagues for a while. My dad’s a Cardinals fan, and 2 years ago I came to see a game in St. Louis, but I didn’t get a chance to say hi.

Anyway, congrats on the Series last year. That had to be amazing. Good luck this year. I’m looking forward to watching you play more.

Keep it up. Not only will you make the squad but if you keep this up, it will make it tough for them not to consider making you the everyday right fielder. I think you can have a big year and be the starter in right. I’m pulling for you.

Hey J.J
I always knew you could do it.. You are a amazing young Man.. My Son John is you biggest fan… He and Jasmine loves to see all our picture from when we was little kids… I been trying to get in touch…. Love You Much! So Happy with all your success. God Bless You J.J

John, I was really sad to see that you are (temporarily!!) going to Memphis. Hang in there and use this opportunity to play every day as a chance to get even better. So Taguchi and Skip Schumacher bounced between the majors and minors at stages in their careers, and I think you can make it back. It would be great if somehow your blog could continue from Memphis. It would be interesting to hear a major league player describe the differences between the majors and minors.
Hope to see you back in St. Louis this year.

Hola JJ
I am so proud of you.I try to watch every game.I keeep up with up dates with Lisa & Bobby. The family here in the Maryland area are so proud of you. I’m looking foward to see you when you come in town to play aginst the National. Que el Senor y la Virgen te cuide. Lots of blessing and sucess. cousin vic

I see you were here in Round Rock this weekend i wish i could have seen you play when ever your in town again dont Forget Mamita’s Mexican rest in georgetown Take Care A may God Bless you Always
Yvonne

Hey there John, how are you? I hope that you are doing great. I met you a few years ago when you played for the Yankees Minor league team and your just a great guy. You were so nice to all of us and took time out to sign cards and talk with us. I am coming to Memphis in about two weeks to see you guys play. Best wishes because you deserve to be in St.Louis.Hope to talk to you then and hope you update your blog!! :) Sincerely, Kay

I enjoyed getting to know you while in Memphis. I am glad for the opportunity to meet you and befriend you. Eric was fun too tell him Hi for me!

hope to keep in touch with you and watch yer career if you come back to Memphis(this is not perferable for either of us i know! ;) i look forward to seeing you again but i hope you move on up!!!STL! here we come!

I think of myself as more than a baseball fan. I’m genuinely curious to better understand the factors that lead a player to success or prevent him from doing so. Much of my curiosity is focused on player management. It seems as if there are many instances where certain players whose past performance indicates a potential for major league success (whether in the minors or at the major league level itself) however team management only supplies a limited number of at-bats to that player. You seem like a good example of this. You have experienced a lot of success in the minors and your numbers in the major leagues would seem to warrant greater playing opportunities.

My favorite example of questionable player management however is Ryan Howard. He is widely known as a perennial MVP candidate now but only a few eyars ago, the Phillies blocked his path to the majors by signing Jim Thome to a long contract. If Thome had not developed back problems in his 2nd season in Philadelphia, who knows how that would have effected Ryan Howard’s career path.

Do you have any thoughts on current management practices? Do you think that there are recognizable instances where certain players should be allowed extended opportunities to play in the majors?

My english is bad, but i just wanna tell u that here in Venezuela ur work was very cool. I dont wanna talk about Caribes i wanna talk about u because in the round robin i dont know what happened but all gone down, i hope that u come back this year whit Caribes or some team in VENEZUELA. U see like a good person and good player i was nervious just whit saw u and i never saw u and meet u but please my friend this league is hard y cool please come back this year… i wish u luck and bless.. ta care.. From Maremares Venezuela.. The Lino´s friend.. i hope u remember me and u finger stay good.. kisses.. Nayeska from Caracas-Venezuela

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